Last year, Jeff and I were both successful in our turkey hunting pursuits – Jeff shot a nice jake, and I shot my first bird – a jake – as well.  And we were lucky enough to capture both of those hunts on film too.

I love sharing these videos with all of you, and I love them for selfish reasons as well.  It’s just great to, not only be able to re-live the moment in your mind, but also to be able to see the moment over and over again.  And even though I wasn’t exactly patient when it came to the whole filming thing, so we didn’t get to capture the actual kill on film, it’s still cool to see the emotion that was experienced afterward.

This video is interesting too, because I always tend to be a little hard on TV shows that put so much focus on celebrating after a kill.  But I have to realize that emotion is a huge piece of the hunting puzzle and has to be included.  My elation in this video isn’t necessarily all about the kill; it was more about finally achieving a goal, and about never giving up.  And, in there somewhere, it was about providing some quality food for the table that the whole family feasted on later.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this latest video.  I get so excited in the video that I almost can’t even stand to watch myself.  But it was true, raw emotion; we don’t use cue cards in SimplyOutdoors’ videos.

Enjoy!

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Head on over to SimpyOutdoors TV and check out the new video we posted. During Michigan’s Early Anterless Season last year, Jeff and Tyler G. did their best to fill Tyler’s first tag.

This early season allowed Tyler to experience all the emotions that come with hunting – the feeling that comes with missing, and then the elation that comes with………well you’ll just have to watch to find out.

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This video features some highlights from a hunt that Jeff and his son, Tyler, went on last year.  They definitely have some close encounters, but you’ll have to watch to see if Tyler fills his tag or not.

I just love seeing the kids involved in the outdoors.  It’s too cool!

Click the picture to watch.

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We know we only unveiled our little project a few days ago, but since we received such enthusiasm from every one, we figured we’d keep right on rolling and put up another video for all of you to enjoy.

Sit back, relax, and watch as Justin and Jeff, finally, after a number of days, outwit a wary Southern Michigan gobbler.

This video is definitley proof that persistence can pay off.

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Jeff has always had outdoor filming aspirations.  For awhile, he would have killed to have SimplyOutdoors Productions: a film oriented spin off of SimplyOutdoors.  He wanted to film our hunts and make DVDs that we could sell and have some fun with.  Of course, we wouldn’t have minded if they produced a little extra cash for us as well.

In fact, just a few months ago, we actually sat down with some of our other family members and started to put something like this together; it simply just didn’t work out, though.  There were many reasons it stalled where it did – not wanting to feel pressured to provide footage, monetary concerns, etc. – but I realized yesterday why this little side endeavour never got off the ground:  because I hate being on camera; or seeing myself on camera.

After I watched the video footage that Jeff posted of me yesterday, I can completely understand why I wasn’t a big fan of the whole SimplyOutdoors Productions idea.  I hated watching myself.  I hated hearing myself talk .  I looked like a blubbering idiot who really didn’t even know what he was doing.  And do I really sound like that?

Thankfully, Jeff, my sister’s boyfriend, and one of our cousins joined up with another outdoor filming crew and are pursuing their Outdoor Channel goals over there.  If they were to rely on my stellar TV show hosting capabilities, or my not-so-excellent video oratory, they would never make it anywhere.

I’m absolutely sure of that:)

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